This round of epidemic spread to 28 provinces! Update bulletin
The joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on the afternoon of March 22nd, introducing the situation of epidemic prevention and control work. Let’s look at it together-
China’s epidemic situation is at a high platform stage.
From March 1 to 21, China reported more than 41,000 cases of local infection, affecting 28 provinces. At present, the national epidemic situation is at a high platform stage, and the epidemic prevention and control is facing a severe situation of complexity, arduousness and repetitiveness. On March 21st, the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism sent inspection teams to 10 provinces to carry out inspection work, check loopholes, fill shortcomings, and urge the implementation of rectification based on problems. The working groups of the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism stationed in all provinces continue to guide the epidemic areas to define risk areas scientifically and decisively, make full use of information technology to strengthen the overall coordination of nucleic acid screening, strengthen the reserve and efficient deployment of transport forces, optimize the use of medical and isolation resources, strictly control cross-infection and block community transmission as soon as possible.
The risk of social transmission of epidemic situation in Jilin City and Changchun City still exists.
The epidemic situation in Jilin Province is at a high development stage. From March 1 to March 21, more than 22,000 cases of infected people were reported. Since March 14, the number of newly infected people has exceeded 1,000 every day for eight consecutive days. The epidemic situation is mainly concentrated in Jilin City and Changchun City, and the risk of social transmission in the two cities still exists.
Nucleic acid detection within the designated area should be completed within 24 hours.
The Comprehensive Group of Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council issued the Implementation Guide for Regional novel coronavirus Nucleic Acid Detection Organization (Third Edition).
In terms of scope, it used to be called the organization and implementation guide of all-staff nucleic acid testing, but this time it has been revised into regional nucleic acid testing, and the scope of nucleic acid testing should be reasonably defined according to the situation of epidemic prevention and control.
In terms of time limit, in the past, the time limit for completion of nucleic acid testing was different according to the size of urban population, some were completed in 48 hours and some in 72 hours. This time, aiming at the characteristics of fast spread and strong concealment of Omicron virus strain, it is required that the nucleic acid detection within the designated area should be completed within 24 hours.
On the basis of summing up the experience of organization and implementation, more detailed, accurate and targeted guidance was given, including the requirement to set up 9 special classes in the process of organization and implementation, how to match more accurately and effectively in each link of collection, delivery, inspection and reporting, nucleic acid ability, how to allocate sampling personnel and how to set sampling points.
At the end of last year and the beginning of this year, Zhengzhou, Xi ‘an and Tianjin, super-large cities with a population of more than 12 million, completed the whole city’s nucleic acid detection work within 24 hours, so we have successful practical experience.
Unswervingly adhere to the general policy of "dynamic zero clearing"
First of all, globally, the epidemic situation in COVID-19 is still in the period of pandemic, and it is still a public health emergency of global concern, especially in some countries and regions around China, where the epidemic situation is still on the rise, and the pressure of foreign defense input still exists. At present, our domestic territory has presented a multi-point, wide-ranging and frequent epidemic situation, and internal non-proliferation is also an important task.
Second, compared with Delta virus, the pathogenicity of Omicron mutant, especially its severe and fatal rate, has been reduced, but it has a strong spreading power, which makes the number of infected people very large. Multiplying a large number of infected people by its pathogenicity or fatality rate will form an absolute number of severe groups, even death groups. So in relative terms, it seems slight, and in absolute terms, the harm is still great, so it can’t be ignored.
Third, China has the foundation, conditions and capabilities of "dynamic clearing". The prevention and control in recent years has proved that the implementation of "dynamic zero clearing" is an effective practice and experience of our country, and it is also in line with the reality of China. At present, in the face of the complicated, repeated and severe situation of input pressure and internal diffusion pressure, we should adhere to the general policy of "dynamic zero clearing".
Ensure that each province can have at least 2-3 shelter hospitals.
At present, there are 33 shelter hospitals built or under construction in China, which are distributed in 19 cities in 12 provinces, including 20 built and 13 under construction, with a total of 35,000 beds. Mainly concentrated in Jilin, Shandong, Yunnan, Hebei, Fujian, Liaoning and other places.
In order to guide all localities to better build shelter hospitals, the Comprehensive Group of Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council issued a management specification for shelter hospitals, which gave very detailed guidance on the site selection of shelter hospitals, the setting of three areas and two channels, the setting and management of wards, how to allocate medical staff according to the bed ratio, including information means, information transmission, sewage treatment, patient living guarantee for isolated management, and the safety guarantee of the whole shelter hospital. The mechanism comprehensive group also requires all provinces to build or come up with construction plans according to the epidemic situation, so as to ensure that each province can have at least 2-3 shelter hospitals. Even if there is no construction now, we should come up with a construction plan to ensure that the shelter hospital can be built and put into use within two days when it needs to be opened.
1,240,413,000 people completed the whole vaccination of Covid-19 vaccine.
As of March 21st, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have reported 3,230,367,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine. The total number of people vaccinated reached 1.274734 billion, accounting for 90.42% of the total population in China. 1,240,413,000 people have been vaccinated, accounting for 87.98% of the country’s total population; 659.2 million people have completed intensive immunization. The number of people over 60 years old vaccinated in Covid-19 reached 222.302 million, and 211.966 million people were vaccinated in the whole process.
It is of great significance for the elderly to vaccinate the whole process and strengthen the vaccination of Covid-19 vaccine
According to the existing policy, people who meet the conditions of intensive immunization can be vaccinated after 6 months of full vaccination. In particular, most of the elderly people are accompanied by basic diseases. Once they are infected with Covid-19, they are prone to the risk of serious illness and death. It is of great significance for the elderly, especially the very old, to vaccinate Covid-19 vaccine in the whole process. We will continue to guide all localities to strengthen the organization and implementation of vaccination to ensure the safety of vaccination. We also hope that those who have not completed the whole vaccination will complete the vaccination as soon as possible according to the procedures, and those who meet the conditions for vaccination will complete the vaccination in time.
The suspension of universal nucleic acid testing in Hong Kong does not mean that the prevention and control of the epidemic situation has been relaxed.
Nucleic acid detection and universal nucleic acid detection are two concepts. Nucleic acid detection itself is a technology, and national nucleic acid detection refers to the detection of all employees in an area, with different purposes. There is a timing problem for universal nucleic acid testing. Through more than two years, including the international situation, if universal testing is to be carried out, the most effective time is as early as possible. In the early stage of the epidemic, all infectious sources can be identified and controlled by using nucleic acid technology, and the epidemic can be stopped quickly. In another case, in the later stage of the epidemic, when it drops to a certain level, testing is carried out to achieve the goal of "dynamic clearing" in society. At present, the epidemic situation in Hong Kong is running at a high level. How to concentrate resources, experts and strength in this period to reduce serious illness, death and infection, give priority to the protection of the elderly and protect life to the maximum is the most priority work at present.
Not doing universal nucleic acid testing does not mean that Hong Kong’s epidemic prevention and control is now "flat". In fact, it has been deployed around the strategies of "three reductions, three folds, one priority and four concentrations" and has achieved positive results. Therefore, it cannot be considered that the epidemic prevention and control has been relaxed without universal testing. In fact, Hong Kong is also further expanding its detection capability, especially the nucleic acid detection capability. In addition to fixed distribution points, it has also set up special mobile detection points. From the detection strategy, in addition to nucleic acid detection, it also uses antigen detection technology, so that ordinary people can test themselves at home and through the corresponding reporting system, so that possible infected people can be found earlier and managed.